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...Read "Ebb and Flow in Borneo...
...these minor improvements seem like necessities now. And if you think the toilet hasn't changed recently, think again: in 1994 Congress passed the Energy Policy Act, requiring common flush toilets to use only 1.6 gallons of water, less than half of what they consumed before. The "low flow" law left a lot of consumers dissatisfied (and a lot of toilets clogged) until companies developed better models, many of which - if we're lucky enough to be counted among the 60% of the world's population with access to proper sanitation - we use today...
Read about U.S. consumers who travel to Canada to buy high-flow toilets...
...week flashed across my mind: “Don’t be too alarmed if you start to see or hear things that aren’t there—it’s just your subconscious trying to spice things up a little! Go with the flow and things should settle down soon.” Comforting words, perhaps, but a shiver still crawled up my spine...
...General Carl Strock, admitted his agency's "catastrophic failure" and submitted his resignation nine months after the storm, long after the nation had stopped paying attention. The Corps also exposed New Orleans to storm surges by manhandling and straitjacketing the Mississippi River over the past 80 years, blocking the flow of silt to southern Louisiana, gradually sinking the Big Easy below sea level and destroying a third of the coastal wetlands and barrier islands that once provided the city's natural hurricane protection...